Dhaka Board to review 5-year performance before action against zero-pass institutions

The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka, will review the past five years' academic and administrative records of institutions with zero pass rates in the 2026 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations before deciding on action against them.

“We have not issued any instructions or taken any decision so far. We collected relevant information from the institutions today and will analyse the data before deciding on measures,” board chairman Professor Syed Akhtaruzzaman told the Daily Sun on Tuesday.

He was speaking after principals and heads of 26 zero-pass institutions attended a board meeting. A 5 November notice had asked them to explain their poor results and bring five years' academic and administrative records.

Only one candidate from Asian Ideal College in Dhaka sat for this year's HSC examination.

Its principal, Nesar Ali, blamed irregular attendance and dropouts for the poor performance, saying many students stopped attending classes and left their studies, leaving the institution almost empty most of the time.

He said the college was run by the Mukt Shiksha Unnayan Society, whose management system had also contributed to the situation.

The board had given the college's only failed student another opportunity to sit for the examination next month, he said.

“The board has also instructed us to deal with such matters more strictly in the future,” he said, adding that the authorities had made it clear this was a final opportunity and the institution must take the matter seriously.